The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-02-19
AN AWFUL ACCIDENT.
MAN AND TWO HORSES DROWNED
At Tho Public Landing In Fight Of n Large
Number OF Peoplo-Sad Ending Of lad
w. l'racticc-The rhrtlculars-A Brave
mans Effort to Save Life.

llluuE urn " No. LILO biRlu BLEcet anu
No. 1l2l Market street, was drowned In
the Ohio, together with o tinc team OF
horses that he wac driving, ct tho public
landlng at the foot Of Twelfth street.
Tho sad and dcplorable accident was
witnessed probably by not leaa than fifty
people, who wero either in stoyea along
tho levee, at the depots or about tho place
idly watching the river and steamers.
Heroic efforts were made 10 save tho I'm.
fortunate man, but ia YVES oil over 30 aoon
that these efforts wero futile. Tho news
OF the drowning apread rapidly and inside
Of ten minutes after II had happened 800
or 400 people had gathered on tho leyee
10 learn thu particulars. Tho occurrence
was one that created very decided shock.
Wagner was a man about 50 years old,
q son Of O, +. Wagner, the salooniat, whose
place is ut the corner OF Of EoT and Elgh.
teenth streets. Tho young man waa rails.
ed hero and was quito popular among his
acquaintance and considered By his en,-
ployers good, t1usty man. About eigh.
teon months ago he married and was liv-
Ing with his wife on Eleventh street near
Chapline. His young wife and his parents
were almost distracted by the new1 which
was broken to them IS gently as possible
by sympathlzlng friends.
Tho team OF horees lost was one OF the
finest Of tho many tlns oncs owned by the
Wholesale firms Of this city. They were
beautifully matched pair OF dark 1oans,
spirited and styliah. in ection and valued
OF over $500 that amount having been OF.
Tered for them. Tho wagon aud harness
weIe almost new. Several months since
the same team ran away on Twelfth street
ard knocked down tho large Seimen lamp
thst nsed TO stand in front Of Grubb's
jewo!ry store. X.
a DANGERous PRACTICE.
Wagner had driven down to the river,
presumably, Tor the purpose OF washing
tho mud oil from his wagon wheels and
tho horses legs. The attention OF owners
Of horses used for hauling and delivery
purposes was directed by this paper q iew
days since to this inhumsn and cruel prac.
tice OF tho drivers; the horace, It's plain
to DO seen, dislike exceedingly this treat.
mont, as they often have to be urged in
with the whip. They get heated doing
the work they are compelled to do and
tho bath thoy arc compelled to take chills
them to the bone. In the came article the
danger to both horses and drivers was also
pointed out. Neither TINT nor the awful
accident Of yesterday ssrved as warnings,
however, for inside OF an hour half dozen
teams had been driven in the water at nj.
most the same place Wagner met his fate,
The point at which Wagner drove his
horaesi In WAS directly at the foot OF Twelfth
street short diStance above tho wharf
boat of the Cleveland, Lorain & Wheel
ing road. The horses commenced to
plunge as room as they were in the water,
and the whip was applied to urge them in.
Under the influence OF the lash they dash
cd in and in less time than ittakes to relate,
were in 80 deep that they were swept from
their feet by the swift current and then
commenced to swim. ,.e
The people on tho lovoe who were
watching the team seeing this ran down
to tho waters edge. Some shouted to
Wagner to leave the team and save him
self; othezn advised him to turn the fright
ened animals up the stream. This he ap-
parently endeavored to do, but the heavy
wagon pulled down one OF the animals
under water, and just then the current
overturned the entire outfit. When this
occurred thoy were that far out that the
water was up to Wagner's waist as no sat
on the high scat.